Do you want to do some research about prisoners of war (POWs) or POW camps?
Do you want to list someone who was a POW?
Do you want to share information, experiences or stories about POWs?
This On-Line Museum has collections about allied military POWs (1939 - 1945) held by:
The Germans
The Italians
The Japanese
and Facebook Groups for discussion about these subjects.
You can visit these collections and
you can add to them.
Let us know any information you have that you would like to be added to this on-line museum.
(Because there is a lot of work to do, please don't worry if it is not always possible
to answer you immediately)
When you find the link to the camp you are looking for
you can add a name to the list of other POWs who were there.
Please remember: these lists are not complete -
they rely on people like you to add names to them.
Do you want to list someone who was a POW?
Do you want to share information, experiences or stories about POWs?
This On-Line Museum has collections about allied military POWs (1939 - 1945) held by:
The Germans
The Italians
The Japanese
and Facebook Groups for discussion about these subjects.
You can visit these collections and
you can add to them.
Let us know any information you have that you would like to be added to this on-line museum.
(Because there is a lot of work to do, please don't worry if it is not always possible
to answer you immediately)
When you find the link to the camp you are looking for
you can add a name to the list of other POWs who were there.
Please remember: these lists are not complete -
they rely on people like you to add names to them.
COLLECTION 1
POWs held by Germany
click here: STALAG
THE STALAG SITE IS STILL BEING BUILT AND IS INCOMPLETE
email: powmuseum@outlook.com
Picture: Watchtower at Stalag Luft III
Facebook Groups
English - click here
Cliquez ici Groupe Français Facebook
Clicca qui per il gruppo italiano su Facebook
Other Facebook Groups: (not part of the On-line Museum of Prisoners-of-War, but highly recommended)
Stalag XVIIIA
Stalag XXB
POWs held by Germany
click here: STALAG
THE STALAG SITE IS STILL BEING BUILT AND IS INCOMPLETE
email: powmuseum@outlook.com
Picture: Watchtower at Stalag Luft III
Facebook Groups
English - click here
Cliquez ici Groupe Français Facebook
Clicca qui per il gruppo italiano su Facebook
Other Facebook Groups: (not part of the On-line Museum of Prisoners-of-War, but highly recommended)
Stalag XVIIIA
Stalag XXB
COLLECTION 2
POWs held at Stalag VIIIB/344 Lamsdorf
& Stalag VIIIB Teschen
(This was the original website that later expanded to become The On-Line Museum of Prisoners of War)
click here: POWs LAMSDORF
email: powmuseum@outlook.com
Picture: Watchtower at Stalag VIIIB/344 Lamsdorf
Facebook Group - click here
POWs held at Stalag VIIIB/344 Lamsdorf
& Stalag VIIIB Teschen
(This was the original website that later expanded to become The On-Line Museum of Prisoners of War)
click here: POWs LAMSDORF
email: powmuseum@outlook.com
Picture: Watchtower at Stalag VIIIB/344 Lamsdorf
Facebook Group - click here
COLLECTION 3
POWs held by Italy
click here: POWs ITALY
email: powmuseum@outlook.com
Picture: Watchtower at Campo 57 Gruppigano
Facebook Group - click here
POWs held by Italy
click here: POWs ITALY
email: powmuseum@outlook.com
Picture: Watchtower at Campo 57 Gruppigano
Facebook Group - click here
COLLECTION 4
POWs held by Japan
click here: POWs FAR EAST
THIS SITE IS NEW AND IN THE EARLY STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
email: powmuseum@outlook.com
Picture: Watchtower at Changi, Singapore
Facebook Group - click here
POWs held by Japan
click here: POWs FAR EAST
THIS SITE IS NEW AND IN THE EARLY STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
email: powmuseum@outlook.com
Picture: Watchtower at Changi, Singapore
Facebook Group - click here
COLLECTION 5
After the War
The POW experiences affected different people in different ways.
Many were changed men on their return home
and sadly some felt eventually unable to cope with life at all later on.
Not Yet Operational
After the War
The POW experiences affected different people in different ways.
Many were changed men on their return home
and sadly some felt eventually unable to cope with life at all later on.
Not Yet Operational
Prisoners of War Books
Find books, buy books, discuss books, review books
click here: Prisoners of War Books
Find books, buy books, discuss books, review books
click here: Prisoners of War Books
email: powmuseum@outlook.com
Theme: Modus Operandi - Cento